Far be it from me to be the party pooper, but for all the tea party types out there, uh, your guy Ron Paul was a big-time loser in the Republican Party presidential nominating process.

Let's put it this way: Ron Paul is the Libyan air force of presidential candidates. He's the Washington Generals of the ballot box. He's the John Carter of the electoral process.

Dud. Bupkes. Zippo. Nada.

Yet the tea party can't quite seem to take the rejection of the Paul campaign by the body politic. Republican voters would have rather shoved shards of glass up their noses than see Mr. Dithers on the ballot against President Barack Obama this fall.

. . . then you know that the calculations have been done, and the GOP leadership has decided it can live without you.

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Hopefully, this will open the eyes of ALL Libertarians, including Libertarian Party members, that our enemy is the Marxist Muslim illegal alien in the White House, not each other. This is the time for all of us to be helping each other defeat Obama, both the Johnson people and Libertarians for Rommey.

Vote for Gary Johnson is you live in a safe Red State. The more votes for Gary, the more incentive Mitt will have after he's elected to move in a hardcore libertarian direction.

If you're a Libertarian who lives in a key swing State like Ohio, PA, or Colorado, vote Mitt Romney!

If you're conflicted, simply find a "vote buddy" in another State and exchange your vote.

This goes for any Republicans who are listening in here too. There is NO reason, if you live in Texas, Utah, South Carolina or Idaho to vote for Rommey. You'd almost be throwing away your vote. A vote for Gary Johnson makes a ton more sense if you live in a deeply Red State. Don't be a pussy, Red State Republicans VOTE GARY JOHNSON!

Everyone should vote for Gary Johnson, ESPECIALLY if you live in a swing state. Let's teach the GOP that they have to nominate actual libertarians, not statists that Eric Dondero can't comprehend aren't libertarian, or they will justly lose. Ask yourself if you want to put up with big-government BS for only 4 years under Obama or risk 8 years of corporatism under Romney.

Romney's a corporatist, not a capitalist. There's a huge difference. Romney's more of the same.

Tell me when Gary Johnson was a governor, what political party did he belong to? When he *first* ran for president in 2012, in which party did he seek to be the nominee? In 2008, before Bob Barr ran as a Libertarian for President, what party was he associated with? What party does Mitt Romney belong to? In all 4 cases the answer is Republican. So Rand Paul prefers one Republican over the Republican you prefer who is running for President.

Do you get tired of making assumptions without actually doing any research?

When Gary Johnson first ran for governor he was rebuffed by the GOP in New Mexico, both as being a newcomer and not being in step with their values. They primaried him when he filed. He beat the guy they put up. And then he beat a popular Democratic governor.

They didn't primary him the second time, but they discussed it--the NM GOP damn near disowned him for his social views on multiple occasions, such as when he came out against the death penalty or for marijuana legalization.

Yes, he ran in the GOP both for Governor and President. For governor because the guy he wanted to challenge was a Democrat. For president because who the hell was going to let him into the Democratic primaries?

In the Presidential run the GOP leadership shut him out of all but one debate by creating a special rule ("The Gary Johnson rule") to exclude him. He took on Santorum over same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

So here's my question, that you have deftly dodged again:

How are his positions mainsream GOP positions? Cite them for me.

And my second question: what other options existed in the two-party system for a competent politician who does not fit your cookie cutter mold?

This myopia is unusual for you. You are usually capable of separating facts from partisan soundbites.